Problema de venedors viatgers mitjançant branca i lligat

Problema de venedors viatgers mitjançant branca i lligat

Tenint en compte un conjunt de ciutats i la distància entre cada parell de ciutats, el problema és trobar el recorregut més curt possible que visiti cada ciutat exactament una vegada i torni al punt de partida.
 

Euler1


Per exemple, considereu el gràfic que es mostra a la figura del costat dret. Una gira TSP al gràfic és 0-1-3-2-0. El cost de la gira és de 10+25+30+15, que és de 80.
Hem discutit les solucions següents 
1) Programació ingènua i dinàmica  
2) Solució aproximada mitjançant MST
  
 
Solució de branques i lligades  
Tal com es pot veure als articles anteriors en branca i mètode enllaçat per al node actual en arbre, calculem un lligat a la millor solució possible que podem obtenir si baixem aquest node. Si el lligat a la millor solució possible és pitjor que el millor (millor computat fins ara), ignorem el subtree arrelat amb el node. 
Tingueu en compte que el cost mitjançant un node inclou dos costos. 
1) Cost d’arribar al node des de l’arrel (quan arribem a un node tenim aquest cost computat) 
2) Cost d’arribar a una resposta del node actual a una fulla (calculem un límit d’aquest cost per decidir si ignorarà o no el subtree amb aquest node).
 

  • En els casos de Problema de maximització Un límit superior ens indica la solució màxima possible si seguim el node donat. Per exemple a 0/1 motxilla Hem utilitzat enfocament avariciós per trobar un límit superior .
  • En els casos de Problema de minimització Un límit inferior ens indica la solució mínima possible si seguim el node donat. Per exemple a Problema d'assignació de llocs de treball Obtenim un límit inferior assignant feina de menor cost a un treballador.


A Branch and Bound, la part desafiant és esbrinar una manera de calcular un lligat a la millor solució possible. A continuació, es mostra una idea que es fa servir per calcular els límits per al problema dels venedors viatgers.
El cost de qualsevol tour es pot escriure a continuació.
 

Cost of a tour T = (1/2) * ? (Sum of cost of two edges adjacent to u and in the tour T) where u ? V For every vertex u if we consider two edges through it in T and sum their costs. The overall sum for all vertices would be twice of cost of tour T (We have considered every edge twice.) (Sum of two tour edges adjacent to u) >= (sum of minimum weight two edges adjacent to u) Cost of any tour >= 1/2) * ? (Sum of cost of two minimum weight edges adjacent to u) where u ? V 


Per exemple, considereu el gràfic mostrat anteriorment. A continuació, es mostren un cost mínim de dues vores adjacents a cada node. 
 

Node Least cost edges Total cost 0 (0 1) (0 2) 25 1 (0 1) (1 3) 35 2 (0 2) (2 3) 45 3 (0 3) (1 3) 45 Thus a lower bound on the cost of any tour = 1/2(25 + 35 + 45 + 45) = 75 Refer   this   for one more example. 


Ara tenim una idea sobre el càlcul del límit inferior. Vegem com aplicar -lo arbre de cerca d'espai d'estat. Comencem a enumerar tots els nodes possibles (preferiblement en ordre lexicogràfic)
1. El node arrel: Sense pèrdua de generalitat suposem que comencem a vèrtex '0' per al qual s'ha calculat el límit inferior anterior.
Tractant amb el nivell 2: El següent nivell enumera tots els vèrtexs possibles als quals podem anar (tenint en compte que en qualsevol camí s’ha de produir un vèrtex una vegada) que són 1 2 3 ... n (tingueu en compte que el gràfic està complet). Penseu que calculem el vèrtex 1, ja que ens vam mudar de 0 a 1 el nostre tour ha inclòs ara la vora 0-1. Això ens permet fer canvis necessaris al límit inferior de l’arrel. 
 

Lower Bound for vertex 1 = Old lower bound - ((minimum edge cost of 0 + minimum edge cost of 1) / 2) + (edge cost 0-1) 


Com funciona? Per incloure la vora 0-1 afegim el cost de la vora de 0-1 i restar un pes de vora de manera que el límit inferior es mantingui el més ajustat possible, que seria la suma de les vores mínimes de 0 i 1 dividida per 2. És clar que la vora restada no pot ser menor que aquesta.
Fer front a altres nivells: A mesura que passem al següent nivell, tornem a enumerar tots els vèrtexs possibles. Per al cas anterior, anirem més endavant després de l’1, comprovem 2 3 4 ... n. 
Penseu en el límit inferior per a 2, ja que vam passar de l'1 a 1, incloem la vora 1-2 a la gira i alterem el nou límit inferior d'aquest node.
 

Lower bound(2) = Old lower bound - ((second minimum edge cost of 1 + minimum edge cost of 2)/2) + edge cost 1-2) 


Nota: L’únic canvi de la fórmula és que aquesta vegada hem inclòs el segon cost mínim de vora per 1 perquè el cost mínim de vora ja s’ha restat a nivell anterior. 
 

C++
   // C++ program to solve Traveling Salesman Problem   // using Branch and Bound.   #include          using     namespace     std  ;   const     int     N     =     4  ;   // final_path[] stores the final solution ie the   // path of the salesman.   int     final_path  [  N  +  1  ];   // visited[] keeps track of the already visited nodes   // in a particular path   bool     visited  [  N  ];   // Stores the final minimum weight of shortest tour.   int     final_res     =     INT_MAX  ;   // Function to copy temporary solution to   // the final solution   void     copyToFinal  (  int     curr_path  [])   {      for     (  int     i  =  0  ;     i   <  N  ;     i  ++  )      final_path  [  i  ]     =     curr_path  [  i  ];      final_path  [  N  ]     =     curr_path  [  0  ];   }   // Function to find the minimum edge cost   // having an end at the vertex i   int     firstMin  (  int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ]     int     i  )   {      int     min     =     INT_MAX  ;      for     (  int     k  =  0  ;     k   <  N  ;     k  ++  )      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  k  ]   <  min     &&     i     !=     k  )      min     =     adj  [  i  ][  k  ];      return     min  ;   }   // function to find the second minimum edge cost   // having an end at the vertex i   int     secondMin  (  int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ]     int     i  )   {      int     first     =     INT_MAX       second     =     INT_MAX  ;      for     (  int     j  =  0  ;     j   <  N  ;     j  ++  )      {      if     (  i     ==     j  )      continue  ;      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     first  )      {      second     =     first  ;      first     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ];      }      else     if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     second     &&      adj  [  i  ][  j  ]     !=     first  )      second     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ];      }      return     second  ;   }   // function that takes as arguments:   // curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node   // curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far   // level-> current level while moving in the search   // space tree   // curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored which   // would later be copied to final_path[]   void     TSPRec  (  int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ]     int     curr_bound       int     curr_weight        int     level       int     curr_path  [])   {      // base case is when we have reached level N which      // means we have covered all the nodes once      if     (  level  ==  N  )      {      // check if there is an edge from last vertex in      // path back to the first vertex      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]     !=     0  )      {      // curr_res has the total weight of the      // solution we got      int     curr_res     =     curr_weight     +      adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]];      // Update final result and final path if      // current result is better.      if     (  curr_res      <     final_res  )      {      copyToFinal  (  curr_path  );      final_res     =     curr_res  ;      }      }      return  ;      }      // for any other level iterate for all vertices to      // build the search space tree recursively      for     (  int     i  =  0  ;     i   <  N  ;     i  ++  )      {      // Consider next vertex if it is not same (diagonal      // entry in adjacency matrix and not visited      // already)      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  i  ]     !=     0     &&      visited  [  i  ]     ==     false  )      {      int     temp     =     curr_bound  ;      curr_weight     +=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  i  ];      // different computation of curr_bound for      // level 2 from the other levels      if     (  level  ==  1  )      curr_bound     -=     ((  firstMin  (  adj       curr_path  [  level  -1  ])     +      firstMin  (  adj       i  ))  /  2  );      else      curr_bound     -=     ((  secondMin  (  adj       curr_path  [  level  -1  ])     +      firstMin  (  adj       i  ))  /  2  );      // curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual lower bound      // for the node that we have arrived on      // If current lower bound  < final_res we need to explore      // the node further      if     (  curr_bound     +     curr_weight      <     final_res  )      {      curr_path  [  level  ]     =     i  ;      visited  [  i  ]     =     true  ;      // call TSPRec for the next level      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight       level  +  1        curr_path  );      }      // Else we have to prune the node by resetting      // all changes to curr_weight and curr_bound      curr_weight     -=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  i  ];      curr_bound     =     temp  ;      // Also reset the visited array      memset  (  visited       false       sizeof  (  visited  ));      for     (  int     j  =  0  ;     j   <=  level  -1  ;     j  ++  )      visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]     =     true  ;      }      }   }   // This function sets up final_path[]    void     TSP  (  int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ])   {      int     curr_path  [  N  +  1  ];      // Calculate initial lower bound for the root node      // using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +      // second min) for all edges.      // Also initialize the curr_path and visited array      int     curr_bound     =     0  ;      memset  (  curr_path       -1       sizeof  (  curr_path  ));      memset  (  visited       0       sizeof  (  curr_path  ));      // Compute initial bound      for     (  int     i  =  0  ;     i   <  N  ;     i  ++  )      curr_bound     +=     (  firstMin  (  adj       i  )     +      secondMin  (  adj       i  ));      // Rounding off the lower bound to an integer      curr_bound     =     (  curr_bound  &  1  )  ?     curr_bound  /  2     +     1     :      curr_bound  /  2  ;      // We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex      // in curr_path[] is 0      visited  [  0  ]     =     true  ;      curr_path  [  0  ]     =     0  ;      // Call to TSPRec for curr_weight equal to      // 0 and level 1      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       0       1       curr_path  );   }   // Driver code   int     main  ()   {      //Adjacency matrix for the given graph      int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ]     =     {     {  0       10       15       20  }      {  10       0       35       25  }      {  15       35       0       30  }      {  20       25       30       0  }      };      TSP  (  adj  );      printf  (  'Minimum cost : %d  n  '       final_res  );      printf  (  'Path Taken : '  );      for     (  int     i  =  0  ;     i   <=  N  ;     i  ++  )      printf  (  '%d '       final_path  [  i  ]);      return     0  ;   }   
Java
   // Java program to solve Traveling Salesman Problem   // using Branch and Bound.   import     java.util.*  ;   class   GFG   {          static     int     N     =     4  ;      // final_path[] stores the final solution ie the      // path of the salesman.      static     int     final_path  []     =     new     int  [  N     +     1  ]  ;      // visited[] keeps track of the already visited nodes      // in a particular path      static     boolean     visited  []     =     new     boolean  [  N  ]  ;      // Stores the final minimum weight of shortest tour.      static     int     final_res     =     Integer  .  MAX_VALUE  ;      // Function to copy temporary solution to      // the final solution      static     void     copyToFinal  (  int     curr_path  []  )      {      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      final_path  [  i  ]     =     curr_path  [  i  ]  ;      final_path  [  N  ]     =     curr_path  [  0  ]  ;      }      // Function to find the minimum edge cost      // having an end at the vertex i      static     int     firstMin  (  int     adj  [][]       int     i  )      {      int     min     =     Integer  .  MAX_VALUE  ;      for     (  int     k     =     0  ;     k      <     N  ;     k  ++  )      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  k  ]      <     min     &&     i     !=     k  )      min     =     adj  [  i  ][  k  ]  ;      return     min  ;      }      // function to find the second minimum edge cost      // having an end at the vertex i      static     int     secondMin  (  int     adj  [][]       int     i  )      {      int     first     =     Integer  .  MAX_VALUE       second     =     Integer  .  MAX_VALUE  ;      for     (  int     j  =  0  ;     j   <  N  ;     j  ++  )      {      if     (  i     ==     j  )      continue  ;      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     first  )      {      second     =     first  ;      first     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ]  ;      }      else     if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     second     &&      adj  [  i  ][  j  ]     !=     first  )      second     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ]  ;      }      return     second  ;      }      // function that takes as arguments:      // curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node      // curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far      // level-> current level while moving in the search      // space tree      // curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored which      // would later be copied to final_path[]      static     void     TSPRec  (  int     adj  [][]       int     curr_bound       int     curr_weight        int     level       int     curr_path  []  )      {      // base case is when we have reached level N which      // means we have covered all the nodes once      if     (  level     ==     N  )      {      // check if there is an edge from last vertex in      // path back to the first vertex      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]     !=     0  )      {      // curr_res has the total weight of the      // solution we got      int     curr_res     =     curr_weight     +      adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -  1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]  ;          // Update final result and final path if      // current result is better.      if     (  curr_res      <     final_res  )      {      copyToFinal  (  curr_path  );      final_res     =     curr_res  ;      }      }      return  ;      }      // for any other level iterate for all vertices to      // build the search space tree recursively      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      {      // Consider next vertex if it is not same (diagonal      // entry in adjacency matrix and not visited      // already)      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -  1  ]][  i  ]     !=     0     &&      visited  [  i  ]     ==     false  )      {      int     temp     =     curr_bound  ;      curr_weight     +=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  i  ]  ;      // different computation of curr_bound for      // level 2 from the other levels      if     (  level  ==  1  )      curr_bound     -=     ((  firstMin  (  adj       curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]  )     +      firstMin  (  adj       i  ))  /  2  );      else      curr_bound     -=     ((  secondMin  (  adj       curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]  )     +      firstMin  (  adj       i  ))  /  2  );      // curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual lower bound      // for the node that we have arrived on      // If current lower bound  < final_res we need to explore      // the node further      if     (  curr_bound     +     curr_weight      <     final_res  )      {      curr_path  [  level  ]     =     i  ;      visited  [  i  ]     =     true  ;      // call TSPRec for the next level      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight       level     +     1        curr_path  );      }      // Else we have to prune the node by resetting      // all changes to curr_weight and curr_bound      curr_weight     -=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -  1  ]][  i  ]  ;      curr_bound     =     temp  ;      // Also reset the visited array      Arrays  .  fill  (  visited    false  );      for     (  int     j     =     0  ;     j      <=     level     -     1  ;     j  ++  )      visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]     =     true  ;      }      }      }      // This function sets up final_path[]       static     void     TSP  (  int     adj  [][]  )      {      int     curr_path  []     =     new     int  [  N     +     1  ]  ;      // Calculate initial lower bound for the root node      // using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +      // second min) for all edges.      // Also initialize the curr_path and visited array      int     curr_bound     =     0  ;      Arrays  .  fill  (  curr_path       -  1  );      Arrays  .  fill  (  visited       false  );      // Compute initial bound      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      curr_bound     +=     (  firstMin  (  adj       i  )     +      secondMin  (  adj       i  ));      // Rounding off the lower bound to an integer      curr_bound     =     (  curr_bound  ==  1  )  ?     curr_bound  /  2     +     1     :      curr_bound  /  2  ;      // We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex      // in curr_path[] is 0      visited  [  0  ]     =     true  ;      curr_path  [  0  ]     =     0  ;      // Call to TSPRec for curr_weight equal to      // 0 and level 1      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       0       1       curr_path  );      }          // Driver code      public     static     void     main  (  String  []     args  )         {      //Adjacency matrix for the given graph      int     adj  [][]     =     {{  0       10       15       20  }      {  10       0       35       25  }      {  15       35       0       30  }      {  20       25       30       0  }     };      TSP  (  adj  );      System  .  out  .  printf  (  'Minimum cost : %dn'       final_res  );      System  .  out  .  printf  (  'Path Taken : '  );      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <=     N  ;     i  ++  )         {      System  .  out  .  printf  (  '%d '       final_path  [  i  ]  );      }      }   }   /* This code contributed by PrinciRaj1992 */   
Python3
   # Python3 program to solve    # Traveling Salesman Problem using    # Branch and Bound.   import   math   maxsize   =   float  (  'inf'  )   # Function to copy temporary solution   # to the final solution   def   copyToFinal  (  curr_path  ):   final_path  [:  N   +   1  ]   =   curr_path  [:]   final_path  [  N  ]   =   curr_path  [  0  ]   # Function to find the minimum edge cost    # having an end at the vertex i   def   firstMin  (  adj     i  ):   min   =   maxsize   for   k   in   range  (  N  ):   if   adj  [  i  ][  k  ]    <   min   and   i   !=   k  :   min   =   adj  [  i  ][  k  ]   return   min   # function to find the second minimum edge    # cost having an end at the vertex i   def   secondMin  (  adj     i  ):   first     second   =   maxsize     maxsize   for   j   in   range  (  N  ):   if   i   ==   j  :   continue   if   adj  [  i  ][  j  ]    <=   first  :   second   =   first   first   =   adj  [  i  ][  j  ]   elif  (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]    <=   second   and   adj  [  i  ][  j  ]   !=   first  ):   second   =   adj  [  i  ][  j  ]   return   second   # function that takes as arguments:   # curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node   # curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far   # level-> current level while moving   # in the search space tree   # curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored   # which would later be copied to final_path[]   def   TSPRec  (  adj     curr_bound     curr_weight     level     curr_path     visited  ):   global   final_res   # base case is when we have reached level N    # which means we have covered all the nodes once   if   level   ==   N  :   # check if there is an edge from   # last vertex in path back to the first vertex   if   adj  [  curr_path  [  level   -   1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]   !=   0  :   # curr_res has the total weight   # of the solution we got   curr_res   =   curr_weight   +   adj  [  curr_path  [  level   -   1  ]]   [  curr_path  [  0  ]]   if   curr_res    <   final_res  :   copyToFinal  (  curr_path  )   final_res   =   curr_res   return   # for any other level iterate for all vertices   # to build the search space tree recursively   for   i   in   range  (  N  ):   # Consider next vertex if it is not same    # (diagonal entry in adjacency matrix and    # not visited already)   if   (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -  1  ]][  i  ]   !=   0   and   visited  [  i  ]   ==   False  ):   temp   =   curr_bound   curr_weight   +=   adj  [  curr_path  [  level   -   1  ]][  i  ]   # different computation of curr_bound    # for level 2 from the other levels   if   level   ==   1  :   curr_bound   -=   ((  firstMin  (  adj     curr_path  [  level   -   1  ])   +   firstMin  (  adj     i  ))   /   2  )   else  :   curr_bound   -=   ((  secondMin  (  adj     curr_path  [  level   -   1  ])   +   firstMin  (  adj     i  ))   /   2  )   # curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual lower bound    # for the node that we have arrived on.   # If current lower bound  < final_res    # we need to explore the node further   if   curr_bound   +   curr_weight    <   final_res  :   curr_path  [  level  ]   =   i   visited  [  i  ]   =   True   # call TSPRec for the next level   TSPRec  (  adj     curr_bound     curr_weight     level   +   1     curr_path     visited  )   # Else we have to prune the node by resetting    # all changes to curr_weight and curr_bound   curr_weight   -=   adj  [  curr_path  [  level   -   1  ]][  i  ]   curr_bound   =   temp   # Also reset the visited array   visited   =   [  False  ]   *   len  (  visited  )   for   j   in   range  (  level  ):   if   curr_path  [  j  ]   !=   -  1  :   visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]   =   True   # This function sets up final_path   def   TSP  (  adj  ):   # Calculate initial lower bound for the root node    # using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +    # second min) for all edges. Also initialize the    # curr_path and visited array   curr_bound   =   0   curr_path   =   [  -  1  ]   *   (  N   +   1  )   visited   =   [  False  ]   *   N   # Compute initial bound   for   i   in   range  (  N  ):   curr_bound   +=   (  firstMin  (  adj     i  )   +   secondMin  (  adj     i  ))   # Rounding off the lower bound to an integer   curr_bound   =   math  .  ceil  (  curr_bound   /   2  )   # We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex    # in curr_path[] is 0   visited  [  0  ]   =   True   curr_path  [  0  ]   =   0   # Call to TSPRec for curr_weight    # equal to 0 and level 1   TSPRec  (  adj     curr_bound     0     1     curr_path     visited  )   # Driver code   # Adjacency matrix for the given graph   adj   =   [[  0     10     15     20  ]   [  10     0     35     25  ]   [  15     35     0     30  ]   [  20     25     30     0  ]]   N   =   4   # final_path[] stores the final solution    # i.e. the // path of the salesman.   final_path   =   [  None  ]   *   (  N   +   1  )   # visited[] keeps track of the already   # visited nodes in a particular path   visited   =   [  False  ]   *   N   # Stores the final minimum weight   # of shortest tour.   final_res   =   maxsize   TSP  (  adj  )   print  (  'Minimum cost :'     final_res  )   print  (  'Path Taken : '     end   =   ' '  )   for   i   in   range  (  N   +   1  ):   print  (  final_path  [  i  ]   end   =   ' '  )   # This code is contributed by ng24_7   
C#
   // C# program to solve Traveling Salesman Problem   // using Branch and Bound.   using     System  ;   public     class     GFG     {      static     int     N     =     4  ;      // final_path[] stores the final solution ie the      // path of the salesman.      static     int  []     final_path     =     new     int  [  N     +     1  ];      // visited[] keeps track of the already visited nodes      // in a particular path      static     bool  []     visited     =     new     bool  [  N  ];      // Stores the final minimum weight of shortest tour.      static     int     final_res     =     Int32  .  MaxValue  ;      // Function to copy temporary solution to      // the final solution      static     void     copyToFinal  (  int  []     curr_path  )      {      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      final_path  [  i  ]     =     curr_path  [  i  ];      final_path  [  N  ]     =     curr_path  [  0  ];      }      // Function to find the minimum edge cost      // having an end at the vertex i      static     int     firstMin  (  int  [     ]     adj       int     i  )      {      int     min     =     Int32  .  MaxValue  ;      for     (  int     k     =     0  ;     k      <     N  ;     k  ++  )      if     (  adj  [  i       k  ]      <     min     &&     i     !=     k  )      min     =     adj  [  i       k  ];      return     min  ;      }      // function to find the second minimum edge cost      // having an end at the vertex i      static     int     secondMin  (  int  [     ]     adj       int     i  )      {      int     first     =     Int32  .  MaxValue       second     =     Int32  .  MaxValue  ;      for     (  int     j     =     0  ;     j      <     N  ;     j  ++  )     {      if     (  i     ==     j  )      continue  ;      if     (  adj  [  i       j  ]      <=     first  )     {      second     =     first  ;      first     =     adj  [  i       j  ];      }      else     if     (  adj  [  i       j  ]      <=     second      &&     adj  [  i       j  ]     !=     first  )      second     =     adj  [  i       j  ];      }      return     second  ;      }      // function that takes as arguments:      // curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node      // curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far      // level-> current level while moving in the search      // space tree      // curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored      // which      // would later be copied to final_path[]      static     void     TSPRec  (  int  [     ]     adj       int     curr_bound        int     curr_weight       int     level        int  []     curr_path  )      {      // base case is when we have reached level N which      // means we have covered all the nodes once      if     (  level     ==     N  )     {      // check if there is an edge from last vertex in      // path back to the first vertex      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]     curr_path  [  0  ]]      !=     0  )     {      // curr_res has the total weight of the      // solution we got      int     curr_res     =     curr_weight      +     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]      curr_path  [  0  ]];      // Update final result and final path if      // current result is better.      if     (  curr_res      <     final_res  )     {      copyToFinal  (  curr_path  );      final_res     =     curr_res  ;      }      }      return  ;      }      // for any other level iterate for all vertices to      // build the search space tree recursively      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )     {      // Consider next vertex if it is not same      // (diagonal entry in adjacency matrix and not      // visited already)      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]     i  ]     !=     0      &&     visited  [  i  ]     ==     false  )     {      int     temp     =     curr_bound  ;      curr_weight     +=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]     i  ];      // different computation of curr_bound for      // level 2 from the other levels      if     (  level     ==     1  )      curr_bound      -=     ((  firstMin  (  adj        curr_path  [  level     -     1  ])      +     firstMin  (  adj       i  ))      /     2  );      else      curr_bound      -=     ((  secondMin  (  adj        curr_path  [  level     -     1  ])      +     firstMin  (  adj       i  ))      /     2  );      // curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual      // lower bound for the node that we have      // arrived on If current lower bound  <      // final_res we need to explore the node      // further      if     (  curr_bound     +     curr_weight      <     final_res  )     {      curr_path  [  level  ]     =     i  ;      visited  [  i  ]     =     true  ;      // call TSPRec for the next level      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight        level     +     1       curr_path  );      }      // Else we have to prune the node by      // resetting all changes to curr_weight and      // curr_bound      curr_weight     -=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]     i  ];      curr_bound     =     temp  ;      // Also reset the visited array      Array  .  Fill  (  visited       false  );      for     (  int     j     =     0  ;     j      <=     level     -     1  ;     j  ++  )      visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]     =     true  ;      }      }      }      // This function sets up final_path[]      static     void     TSP  (  int  [     ]     adj  )      {      int  []     curr_path     =     new     int  [  N     +     1  ];      // Calculate initial lower bound for the root node      // using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +      // second min) for all edges.      // Also initialize the curr_path and visited array      int     curr_bound     =     0  ;      Array  .  Fill  (  curr_path       -  1  );      Array  .  Fill  (  visited       false  );      // Compute initial bound      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      curr_bound      +=     (  firstMin  (  adj       i  )     +     secondMin  (  adj       i  ));      // Rounding off the lower bound to an integer      curr_bound     =     (  curr_bound     ==     1  )     ?     curr_bound     /     2     +     1      :     curr_bound     /     2  ;      // We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex      // in curr_path[] is 0      visited  [  0  ]     =     true  ;      curr_path  [  0  ]     =     0  ;      // Call to TSPRec for curr_weight equal to      // 0 and level 1      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       0       1       curr_path  );      }      // Driver code      static     public     void     Main  ()      {      // Adjacency matrix for the given graph      int  [     ]     adj     =     {     {     0       10       15       20     }      {     10       0       35       25     }      {     15       35       0       30     }      {     20       25       30       0     }     };      TSP  (  adj  );      Console  .  WriteLine  (  'Minimum cost : '     +     final_res  );      Console  .  Write  (  'Path Taken : '  );      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <=     N  ;     i  ++  )     {      Console  .  Write  (  final_path  [  i  ]     +     ' '  );      }      }   }   // This code is contributed by Rohit Pradhan   
JavaScript
   const     N     =     4  ;   // final_path[] stores the final solution ie the   // path of the salesman.      let     final_path     =     Array     (  N     +     1  ).  fill     (  -  1  );       // visited[] keeps track of the already visited nodes   // in a particular path      let     visited     =     Array     (  N  ).  fill     (  false  );   // Stores the final minimum weight of shortest tour.      let     final_res     =     Number  .  MAX_SAFE_INTEGER  ;   // Function to copy temporary solution to   // the final solution   function     copyToFinal     (  curr_path  ){      for     (  let     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  ){      final_path  [  i  ]     =     curr_path  [  i  ];      }      final_path  [  N  ]     =     curr_path  [  0  ];   }   // Function to find the minimum edge cost   // having an end at the vertex i   function     firstMin     (  adj       i  ){   let     min     =     Number  .  MAX_SAFE_INTEGER  ;      for     (  let     k     =     0  ;     k      <     N  ;     k  ++  ){      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  k  ]      <     min     &&     i     !==     k  ){      min     =     adj  [  i  ][  k  ];      }      }      return     min  ;   }   // function to find the second minimum edge cost   // having an end at the vertex i   function     secondMin     (  adj       i  ){      let     first     =     Number  .  MAX_SAFE_INTEGER  ;      let     second     =     Number  .  MAX_SAFE_INTEGER  ;      for     (  let     j     =     0  ;     j      <     N  ;     j  ++  ){      if     (  i     ==     j  ){      continue  ;      }      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     first  ){      second     =     first  ;      first     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ];      }      else     if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     second     &&     adj  [  i  ][  j  ]     !==     first  ){      second     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ];      }      }      return     second  ;   }   // function that takes as arguments:   // curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node   // curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far   // level-> current level while moving in the search   // space tree   // curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored which   // would later be copied to final_path[]      function     TSPRec     (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight       level       curr_path  )   {       // base case is when we have reached level N which   // means we have covered all the nodes once      if     (  level     ==     N  )      {         // check if there is an edge from last vertex in      // path back to the first vertex      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]     !==     0  )      {          // curr_res has the total weight of the      // solution we got      let     curr_res     =      curr_weight     +     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]];          // Update final result and final path if      // current result is better.      if     (  curr_res      <     final_res  )      {      copyToFinal     (  curr_path  );      final_res     =     curr_res  ;      }      }      return  ;       }          // for any other level iterate for all vertices to      // build the search space tree recursively      for     (  let     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  ){          // Consider next vertex if it is not same (diagonal      // entry in adjacency matrix and not visited      // already)      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  i  ]     !==     0     &&     !  visited  [  i  ]){          let     temp     =     curr_bound  ;      curr_weight     +=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  i  ];          // different computation of curr_bound for      // level 2 from the other levels      if     (  level     ==     1  ){      curr_bound     -=     (  firstMin     (  adj       curr_path  [  level     -     1  ])     +     firstMin     (  adj       i  ))     /     2  ;       }      else      {      curr_bound     -=     (  secondMin     (  adj       curr_path  [  level     -     1  ])     +     firstMin     (  adj       i  ))     /     2  ;       }          // curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual lower bound      // for the node that we have arrived on      // If current lower bound  < final_res we need to explore      // the node further      if     (  curr_bound     +     curr_weight      <     final_res  ){      curr_path  [  level  ]     =     i  ;      visited  [  i  ]     =     true  ;         // call TSPRec for the next level      TSPRec     (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight       level     +     1       curr_path  );       }          // Else we have to prune the node by resetting      // all changes to curr_weight and curr_bound      curr_weight     -=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  i  ];      curr_bound     =     temp  ;          // Also reset the visited array      visited  .  fill     (  false  )         for     (  var     j     =     0  ;     j      <=     level     -     1  ;     j  ++  )      visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]     =     true  ;       }       }   }      // This function sets up final_path[]       function     TSP     (  adj  )   {       let     curr_path     =     Array     (  N     +     1  ).  fill     (  -  1  );       // Calculate initial lower bound for the root node   // using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +   // second min) for all edges.   // Also initialize the curr_path and visited array      let     curr_bound     =     0  ;       visited  .  fill     (  false  );          // compute initial bound      for     (  let     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  ){      curr_bound     +=     firstMin     (  adj       i  )     +     secondMin     (  adj       i  );          }          // Rounding off the lower bound to an integer      curr_bound     =     curr_bound     ==     1     ?     (  curr_bound     /     2  )     +     1     :     (  curr_bound     /     2  );       // We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex   // in curr_path[] is 0      visited  [  0  ]     =     true  ;       curr_path  [  0  ]     =     0  ;       // Call to TSPRec for curr_weight equal to   // 0 and level 1      TSPRec     (  adj       curr_bound       0       1       curr_path  );   }   //Adjacency matrix for the given graph      let     adj     =  [[  0       10       15       20  ]         [  10       0       35       25  ]      [  15       35       0       30  ]      [  20       25       30       0  ]];       TSP     (  adj  );       console  .  log     (  `Minimum cost:  ${  final_res  }  `  );   console  .  log     (  `Path Taken:  ${  final_path  .  join     (  ' '  )  }  `  );      // This code is contributed by anskalyan3.   

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Minimum cost : 80 Path Taken : 0 1 3 2 0  

L'arrodoniment s'està fent en aquesta línia de codi:

if (level==1) curr_bound -= ((firstMin(adj curr_path[level-1]) + firstMin(adj i))/2); else curr_bound -= ((secondMin(adj curr_path[level-1]) + firstMin(adj i))/2);  

A l'algoritme TSP de la branca i enllaçats, calculem un límit inferior al cost total de la solució òptima afegint els costos mínims de vora per a cada vèrtex i després dividint -se per dos. No obstant això, aquest límit inferior pot no ser un nombre enter. Per obtenir un límit inferior enter, podem utilitzar l’arrodoniment.

Al codi anterior, la variable Curr_Bound manté el límit inferior actual del cost total de la solució òptima. Quan visitem un nou vèrtex al nivell de nivell, calculem un nou nou límit inferior a l’abast prenent la suma dels costos mínims de vora del nou vèrtex i els seus dos veïns més propers. A continuació, actualitzem la variable Curr_Bound arrodonint New_Bound al nombre enter més proper.

Si el nivell és 1, ens endinsem fins al nombre enter més proper. Això es deu al fet que només hem visitat un vèrtex fins ara i volem ser conservadors en la nostra estimació del cost total de la solució òptima. Si el nivell és superior a 1, utilitzem una estratègia d’arrodoniment més agressiva que té en compte el fet que ja hem visitat alguns vèrtexs i, per tant, podem fer una estimació més precisa del cost total de la solució òptima.


Complexitat del temps: El pitjor dels casos complexa de branques i lligats continua sent la mateixa que la de la força bruta és clarament perquè en el pitjor dels casos mai podrem tenir l'oportunitat de podar un node. Mentre que a la pràctica funciona molt bé segons les diferents instàncies del TSP. La complexitat també depèn de l’elecció de la funció de limitació, ja que són els que decideixen quants nodes s’han de podar.
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